The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Sydney Children's Hospital Network Paediatric Tier 3
Contact details
About this service
- Administrative officer
- Nurse practitioner
- Pain specialist
- Physiotherapist
- Psychiatrist
- Psychologist
- Collaborative pain rehabilitation admission with Department of Psychological Medicine
- Day program
- Education and advice
- Medical reviews
- Multidisciplinary assessment
- Multidisciplinary case conferencing
- Treatment planning and appointments with health professionals e.g. psychologist and physiotherapist
- Botox injections
- Nerve blocks (rare)
- Pump refills
- Spinal blocks (rare)
Procedural service
Through anaesthetic and rehabilitation departments upon referral
- Cancer pain
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Headache
- Juvenile arthritis
- Musculoskeletal pain including joint hypermobility
- Neurofibromatosis
- Persisting postoperative pain
- Phantom limb pain
- Scoliosis
- Annual paediatric symposium
- Information brochure
- Pre-consultation telephone advice
- Post consultation telephone advice
- Written report
Pain services
| Type | Day program |
|---|---|
| Content | Reduce pain and reliance on pharmacological agents Improving function, including activity, exercise, school attendance and social activities |
| Fee | Nil to public patients |
| Hours | 40 hours |
| Frequency | 5 days of 8 hours over 2 weeks |
| Group size | 6-7 people |
| Availability | 4 times per year during school holidays |
| Eligibility | Referral into the program is via the pain clinic |
| Follow up | By individual team member |